Organisation: Ministry of
Local Government
Funding Source: International
Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Project Name: Project for
Restoration of Livelihoods in the Northern Region (PRELNOR)
The Government
of the Republic of Uganda has received a loan and a grant from the
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to finance the Project
for Restoration of Livelihoods in the Northern Region (PRELNOR), and intends to
apply some of the proceeds to recruit staff to implement the project. PRELNOR
will cover the districts of Adjumani, Agago, Amuru, Gulu, Lamwo, Kitgum, Nwoya
and Pader.
The overall
goal of the PRELNOR is: Increased income, food security and reduced
vulnerability of poor rural households in the project area. This will be
through increased sustainable production, productivity and climate resilience
of smallholder farmers with increased and profitable access to domestic and
export markets.
Job Summary: The Community Development Specialist will be
in charge of community development and empowerment within PRELNOR.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Under
the guidance of the project coordinator, act as the focal point and
advocate for mainstreaming of poverty, gender and youth targeting
throughout project activities - Ensure
that the project activities are implemented in an integrated manner and
take into account the needs of the local communities and the poor
households - Technically
support local governments and other implementing partners to integrate
cross cutting issues into project activities to ensure that correct
targeting is done - Overall
responsibility for overseeing the contracting of training of trainers
(TOT) for local government staff and CBFs in participatory rural appraisal
skills linked to the initial village situation analysis and beneficiary
selection process - Support
the DCDOs in each district to plan and undertake community mobilization,
sensitization, community entry, situation analysis, social and
institutional mapping, wealth ranking, and assessment of existing
community groups as a basis for beneficiary selection - Take
responsibility for identification and overseeing the contracting of ToT
for roll-out of training for CDOs, CBFs and farmer groups in Gender Action
Learning Systems (GALS) for value chains - Take
responsibility for technical oversight and contracting of an implementing
partner to train CDOs, CBFs and farmer groups in appropriate business
action planning, financial literacy and record keeping for
illiterate/semi-literate people - Take
responsibility for overseeing and back-stopping the sub-component on Poor
Household (HH) Support, including but not limited to technical support for
contracting of a service provider for update of the HH mentoring guide and
trainer’s manual including mainstreaming of GALs visioning and PRA tools
and direct training of district CDO staff and HH mentors. - Steer
the process of identifying the poor households to be mentored and
subsequently benefit from food security grants provided by PRELNOR and
provide technical support to the districts in the mentoring of selected
households. Provide technical support to the districts in the mentoring of
selected households and assisting them to graduate. - Actively
monitor the implementation of the services and the outcomes achieved by
the local service providers with regard to farmer group composition,
social inclusiveness, internal cohesion and reciprocal trust - Under
the guidance of the PMU agribusiness specialist, take responsibility for
overseeing the contracting of implementing partners for youth income
generating activities related to agricultural services such as seed
multiplication, crop protection, agro-processing, transport and marketing. - Work
in liaison with district and sub-county community development officers,
assess candidates, proposed by DFA Executive Boards, to be trained as
project lead trainers (PLTs) - Actively
monitor the implementation of the services and the outcomes achieved by
the local service providers - In
charge of developing an overall communication strategy for the project to
enhance transparency and accountability of district staff and service
providers to the local communities. - Ensure
that communication materials about the project activities are developed
for the mobilization of communities and interest groups. - Ensure
that the information provided during the mobilization process e.g.
newsletters, radio broad casts and productions is appropriate and accurate - Build
and maintain working relationships with the GoU ministry(s) responsible
for gender, community development and youth affairs - Support
the MEL specialist to monitor the effectiveness of poverty, gender, youth
and vulnerable group targeting and to draw lessons - Perform
any other duties and assignments relating to PRELNOR as may be assigned by
the project coordinator.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The
Community Development Specialist should preferably hold a Master’s degree
in social sciences / or a field related to rural community development
from a recognised University / Institution. - A
minimum of ten years’ experience in community development and applied
gender mainstreaming at project / or institutional level. - Prior
experience with poverty, gender and youth targeting in agriculture-based
rural development programmes. Mastery of Participatory Rural Appraisal,
experience in designing and implementing successful communication and
knowledge management strategies for sustainable development. - Familiarity
with household mentoring approaches and GALS. - Skills
and knowledge of rural development project management and implementation - Computer
literacy skills - Strong
inter-personal skills - Excellent
analytical skills - Self-motivated
and creative thinker - Demonstrated
ability to work in teams - Strong
social skills and open-minded - Ability
to work independently and with limited supervision and to deliver work
under pressure
All suitably
qualified and interested candidates should send their applications accompanied
with detailed curriculum vitae, copies of academic certificates, transcripts
and testimonials including names and addresses of three referees to: Ag.
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Local Government, Worker’s House, 3rd Floor,
P.O. Box 7037 Kampala. Uganda
Deadline: 14th August, 2015
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